He did all he could to induce them to get into the boats.

They did the same to get the Spaniards to land, and as the latter would not, the natives flung certain fruits into the water, which the men in the boats collected, and with which they returned to the ships.
The day after, the captain ordered the admiral to go on shore with a party of soldiers, and try by all possible means to catch some natives, so as to establish peace and friendship, based on the good work they intended to do for them.
The party ran the boat high up on the beach, and quickly formed in a squadron, for the natives were coming, and it was not known with what object.

Being near, they made signs and spoke, but were not understood.
The Spaniards called to them in return; then the natives drew a line on the ground and seemed to say that the new-comers were not to pass beyond it.

They could not understand one another, and there seems to have been a want of management and discipline.

Natives were seen in the woods, and to frighten them some muskets were fired into the air.